2+ hour, 40+ min ago   (894+ words) With four children, I have refereed enough backyard ballgames to know how things tend to play out. One child falls behind, and before long he insists that the only possible explanation is, “You cheated.” No parent finds this impulse mysterious....

19+ hour, 3+ min ago   (356+ words) The City of Charlotte has temporarily restricted food vendors in uptown from operating after midnight, citing an increase in late-night violence in the area. The timing of the change is unclear, but the move sparked a petition calling on the…...

20+ hour, 54+ min ago   (293+ words) Before voting to confirm Todd Blanche, Sen. Thom Tillis suggested that the new attorney general might help alleviate, not accelerate, the growing politicization of the Department of Justice under President Donald Trump. Of course, nobody really believed that, perhaps not…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (899+ words) On a Wednesday morning last July, more than two dozen of Charlotte’s most powerful and influential leaders quietly gathered at the Government Center in uptown. It was an extraordinary cross-section of Charlotte. Executives of hospitals, banks and business groups. The…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (197+ words) U.S. News and World Report listed Huntersville, North Carolina as one of the best places to live in the country for 2026-27. The group uses value, desirability, job market strength and quality of life to identify good places to live. Apex and…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (708+ words) Charlotte has spent years talking about youth violence, dangerous gatherings and the increasingly common “teen takeovers” that disrupt public spaces and put both young people and everyone around them at risk. Now, our City Council has an opportunity to do…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1430+ words) Nathan Hoffman sees the headlines: Shooting at Romare Bearden Park. A teen takeover disrupting the streets. And he hears the comments, too. Uptown is noisy, people say. There’s traffic. Above all else, it’s dangerous. But those aren’t the first things…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (397+ words) Concord transitioned to nonpartisan municipal elections in 1995, building on statewide election changes from the 1970s. These neighbor-to-neighbor races simply do not fit the mold of even-year partisan election cycles with complex party primaries. Blending them alongside polarized national contests will cause…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (472+ words) Superintendent Crystal Hill returned to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools on Wednesday, nearly two months after the Board of Education placed her on paid leave and hired an outside law firm to investigate her administration. Board Chair Stephanie Sneed said the review “identified…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1328+ words) In May, Dan Crawford and Dean Forbis saw the renovations going on at a house across the street on Woodruff Place in Charlotte’s Wesley Heights neighborhood. “I thought it was going to look really nice, and I noticed, what a…...